RPC VI, 909 (temporary)

 

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Coin type
Volume VI
Number 909 (temporary)
Province Thrace
Region Thrace
City Byzantium
Reign Severus Alexander
Person (obv.) Severus Alexander (Augustus)
Magistrate Aelia Feste ; Marcus Aurelius Fronto
Obverse inscription ΑΥΤ Κ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ϹΕΥ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ ΑΥΓ
Edition Αὐτ(οκράτωρ) Κ(αῖσαρ) Μ(ᾶρκος) Αὐρή(λιος) Σευ(ῆρος) Ἀλέζανδρος Αὔγ(ουστος)
Translation Emperor Caesar Marcus Aurelius Severus Alexander Augustus
Obverse design laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Severus Alexander, right, seen from rear
Reverse inscription ΕΠ Μ ΑΥΡΗ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ [ ] ΑΙΛ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ
Edition ἐπ(ὶ) Μ(άρκου) Αὐρη(λίου) Φρόντωνος [---] Αἰλ(ίας) Φήστης Βυζαντίων
Translation under Marcus Aurelius Fronto [---] of Aelia Feste, of the Byzantines
Reverse design Tyche standing facing, head left, holding cornucopia and rudder on globe
Metal copper-based alloy
Average diameter 27 mm
Average weight 13.54 g
Specimens 1 (0 in the core collections)
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Specimens of this coin type

Number Number Museum Bibliography
1 1     ✸ Savoca Blue 125, 29 Jan. 2022, lot 429